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Cellulant

ActiveFintechPaymentsNairobiFounded 2002

What it does

Cellulant is a pan-African payments infrastructure company founded in 2004 by Ken Njoroge. It operates across 35+ countries, processing close to 4.5 million transactions monthly through its Tingg platform. The company achieved profitability in March 2024 and raised $40 million in a 2022 Series C at a $100M valuation.

Payment gatewaysBill payments & aggregatorsCross-border B2B paymentsPayment aggregators (PSSPs)

Known for

  • Tingg payment platform
  • Pan-African payment processing
  • MSME payment solutions
  • Profitability achievement in 2024

Model & industry

Payments-as-a-ServiceMarketplace / Aggregator modelAll / Cross-industry

Products & subsidiaries

Tingg · Payment Platform

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